Mitchell cites errors in Shenandoah flight and PN-91 plan
Col William Mitchell testifies before the president's aircraft board blaming the navy department for the Shenandoah disaster and PN-91 failure. He calls the Shenandoah mission illegal, lacking parachutes, and accuses officials of bungling amateurs while claiming officers were muzzled and aviation ignored.
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Washington, D. C
A. P
Shenandoah
Navy
Hawaii
Navy Department
William Mitchell
Middle West
Air Service
Army
Arctic
Tropics
Atlantic
Mitchell
John Rodgers
Rodgers
Farmer Held After Attack on Mother
Iowa City Sept 30 Uriah Miller age 39 faces arraignment before Johnson county commissioners of insanity after allegedly attacking his mother at their farm home in Washington township. Earlier reports note outbursts including brandishing a pitchfork in the barnyard.
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Iowa City
Washington Township
Uriah Miller
Johnson County Commissioners of
Free State leader struck at Independence Hall during visit
Richard Mulcahy former defense minister of the Irish Free State was struck in the face by a member of a group at Independence Hall while visiting with Inter parliamentary Union delegates. Police arrested about 15 at the railroad station and Independence Hall as the visitors were disturbed before departing for Washington tonight.
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Richard Mulcahy
Lord Grey Memoir Reveals Prewar US War Aims
New York reports Lord Grey's memoirs make public for the first time details of early diplomatic moves between Washington and London before U S entry to World War I. It notes President Wilson considered joining the Allies in 1916 as an alternative to a peace conference and includes a February 22 1916 memorandum from E M House with Grey.
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New York
Lord Grey
Europe
America
Washington
London
Atlantic
Britain
Wilson
United States
Germany
E. M. House
House
Ouster hearing sought for Blackhawk county attorney
Des Moines Iowa September 30 A P five Waterloo residents request a judge be assigned to hear charges against William A Cook Blackhawk county attorney. John B Hammond filed the petition with the supreme court hoping for an early hearing. Hammond long has charged extortion coercion and lax enforcement of prohibition laws against the county attorney and local courts.
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Des Moines
A. P
William A. Cook
Blackhawk County
Waterloo
Supreme Court
John B. Hammond
Hammond
Blackhawk
Revision urged on livestock rates west of river
Interstate Commerce Commission examiners propose updating livestock shipping rates west of the Mississippi to fit a mileage scale. Prompted by complaints from the American National Livestock Association and the National Wool Growers' Association, the plan would adjust prices, lowering some and raising others. For Kansas and Nebraska, 10 mile moves would cost 9 cents per 100 pounds, 500 miles 44 cents, and 2000 miles 92 cents per 100 pounds.
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Washington, D. C
A. P
Mississippi River
Interstate Commerce Commission
American National
American National Livestock Association
National Wool Growers’ Association
Kansas
Nebraska
Davis May Not Be Named as Marshal Findings Complete
The justice department completed its findings on formal charges against Fred Davis U S marshal for Northern Iowa and sent the results to Senator Cummins who will decide on a second term. The candidate list includes Davis and Charles Kloster both of Sioux City with strong regional backing. Cummins will not name a replacement before Congress convenes and invites interested parties to Spencer Iowa for a meeting tomorrow.
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Des Moines
Department of Justice
Fred Davis
Sioux City
United States
Iowa
Senator Cummins
Cummins
Davis
Charles Kloster
Congress
Spencer
Booster Club Car Believed Cause of Girl Death
Gladys Arendt 19 died on the Lincoln Highway after stepping into the path of a car allegedly driven by a Clinton Booster Club member. She was near her home west of town as children played nearby. Advertising feathers for a fall festival had been dropped by the booster car.
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Dewitt
Gladys Arendt
August O. Arendt
Here
Lincoln Highway
Clinton
Student Held on Charge of Assault at University
William Sandin, 23, was sentenced to thirty days in jail in municipal court after pleading guilty to assault and battery. Miss Archie Woodyard identified him in a university hallway, and Miss Violet Weaver later identified him as the man who made advances toward her.
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Des Moines
William Sandin
Archie Woodyard
Jefferson
Jack Denny
Sandin
Violet Weaver
Heaviest Rain of Year Hits Hamilton County
Rainfall in Hamilton County totals four and one half inches, backed up sewers flooded basements, and damage rose in the business district as the river rose. In Fort Dodge two inches of rain caused basement floods and minor lightning damage in several spots.
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Hamilton County
Webster City
F. A. Bonebright
Fort Dodge
A. P
Start Awarding of Cattle Show Prizes
The first purple ribbon at the Dairy Cattle Congress went to the aged bull owned by F. J. Reaping of Fond Du Lac Wisconsin for the guernsey bull championship. Adam Seitz and sons of Wisconsin won the senior Ayrshire bull championship and junior heifer championship. W. W. Marsh of Waterloo earned the junior champion Guernsey heifer title.
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Waterloo
F. J. Reaping
Fond du Lac
Wis
Adam Seitz, and Sons
Wisconsin
W. W. Marsh
Grimes murder shocks Iowa town as trio questioned
Earl Stewart 35 owner of a Grimes canning factory was found dead near the Smith farm gate after a drinking party. Three Grimes residents William Friar Mildred Beckett 17 and J A Smith were arrested and questioned regarding the death. Stewart a 1910 Iowa University graduate and former Columbia student was killed by a blow to the head near his path from the Smith house.
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Des Moines
Earl Stewart
John Stewart
Grimes
Stewart
J. A Smith
Smith
William Friar
Mildred Beckett
Beckett
Friar
Iowa University
Smith House
Guy Clift
Zeppelin Pilot Says Shenandoah Crash Was Unnecessary
Lakehurst New Jersey September 30 Captain Heinen former German Zeppelin pilot told the naval court of inquiry the disaster to the Shenandoah airship was entirely and very easily avoidable he said today.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Shenandoah
Heinen
Naval Court of Inquiry
Adventist Church Hospital Committee Opens Four Day Session
Des Moines Iowa September hospital and sanitarium committee of the Adventist church of the United States and Canada begins a four day session in the city.
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Des Moines
The
Adventist Church of the
United States
Canada
Unsettled Weather Brings Cold Leads Iowa Illinois
Iowa sees unsettled conditions with rain in the east and central areas and colder temperatures tonight. Thursday will be partly overcast and colder in the east and central zones. Illinois outlook shows showers tonight and Thursday with much colder weather, especially in the west and north regions tonight.
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Iowa
Illinois
Not Enough Weeks to Entertain Society
The speaker laments a wasted week after cleaning the house for an event that did not materialize, expressing frustration at the unexpected effort and the missed opportunity to entertain the Society.
Iowa Weather Bulletin Reports Strong CornProspect and Rain Boost
The Iowa weather bureau notes heavy corn preservation with many areas 100 percent safe against frost and ready to crib as weather permits. Seed corn saved, abundant seed supply, oats threshing in western and northern counties, cloverseed hulls delayed by rains, and pasture grasses alfalfa and clover greatly improved by rains. Winter wheat seeding progressed well despite rain delays.
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Des Moines
A. P
Iowa Weather Bureau Weekly
Charles D. Reed
Iowa
Charley Chaplin’s Mother Granted Stay to Feb 1926
Hannah Chaplin, mother of famed comedian Charles Chaplin, was granted temporary permission to stay in the United States until February 1, 1926. The ruling was issued in Washington D C and reported by the Associated Press.
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Washington, D. C
A. P
Hannah Chaplin
Charles Chaplin
United States
Rainfall Dips Across Iowa Brought by Night Storm
Late night rain swept parts of the state with Dubuque and Charles City each reporting over an inch. The weather bureau confirmed substantial precipitation across sections of Iowa.
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Des Moines
Dubuque
Charles City
Weather Bureau
Wisconsin voter landslide for La Follette Jr in special election
Wisconsin voters chose Robert M. La Follette Jr. to represent the state in the U S Senate. In a statewide landslide his strength carried eight counties by more than two to one and he led by 134 544 over Edward F. Dithmar with 2315 precincts reporting after a heavy rainstorm delayed results.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Associated Press
Wisconsin
la Follette
Badger
United States Senate
Dithmar
S-51 submarine sinking inquiry ordered by secretary
A court of Inquiry was appointed by Secretary Wilbur to probe the S-51 sinking off Block Island. Rescue efforts were suspended due to rough seas though Rear Admiral Christy and Capt. E J King hold onto hope. forty divers await to reach the sunken sub as cranes Monarch and Century standby at New London.
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Washington
Wilbur
Block Island
Boston Navy Yard
U. S
New London
Conn
A. P
H. H. Christy
Admiral Christy
City of Rime
Monarch
Century
Christy
E. J. King
Iowa Legion Delegation Parade Banner Cornfield Arrival
Iowa to march at the National Legion convention in Omaha with 5,000 corn stalks on cars to form a moving field. Shields for all 99 Iowa counties adorn Broadway trolley poles as decorations for the state region and auxiliary convention opening Friday. Twenty bands slated for the parade on Saturday.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
National Legion Convention
Omaha
Broadway
Population Drop in Clayton County from 1920 to 1925
Des Moines reports Clayton County lost 626 residents since 1920, bringing total to 24,406. Elkader, the county seat, gained 156 residents for a new total of 1,388.
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Des Moines
Clayton County
Elkader
Ford Airmens Return Flight Under Way From Fort Crook
The Ford reliability airplane tour began a return leg from Fort Crook Nebraska with Earl Campbell piloting ship 0 to St Joseph Missouri. Seventeen planes followed at two minute intervals. Cassy Jones had his Curtis Carrier Pigeon repaired overnight and was allowed a deferred start to noon. The group planned to spend the night in Kansas City.
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Fort Crook
Neb
Fort Crookfield
Earl
Rusty) Campbell
St. Joseph
Cassy) Jones
Curtis
Jones
Kansas City
Governor Hammill to Speak at Iowa Farm Prices Conference
Iowa City hosts a conference on farm prices and social work under the state board of social work from October 23 to October 26. Governor John Hammill is scheduled as a speaker. The event gathers officials and experts to discuss policy and welfare topics.
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Iowa City
John Hammill
State Board of Social Work
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Frost
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Bureau of Aeronautics
President Coolidge
LA Follette JR
Bob
Robert M. la Follette, Jr
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